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SCGCJ.770.042
26 Jun 1770:22 (238)
AN EXERCISE, CONTAINING A DIALOGUE AND TWO ODES,
Performed at the Commencement in the College of
Philadelphia, June 5, 1770.
Amyntor
No more in academic forms we greet
Your kind indulgent ear. Prepare we now
The wonted strain of joy-- But Damon, whence,
That deep-heav'd sigh; that brow o'ercast with care?
. . . [1 column of verse, alternately Amyntor and Damon and
Thyrsis, with airs]
AIR.
Freedom, mankind's safest guide!
Here erect thine endless reign;
Truth and justice by thy side,
Golden commerce in thy train.
. . . [1 more verse]
AIR.
Time! thy wheels shall cease to move,
Nature in one ruin end!
But th' archangel from above,
Shall in heavenly pomp descend,
And from the wreck, the roll of fame
Shall snatch, and save each Patriot-name.
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